Improvement in horse hay-rakes



o. BONNEY, Jr.

Horse Hay-Rake.

' No. 111,308. Patented Jan. 3h 1871.

Inventor:

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OLPHA BNNEY, JR., OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA;

Letters Patent No. 111,308, dated January 31, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSE HAV-RAKES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same'.

I, OLPHA Bonner, Jr.,iof the city of San Fran' cisco, in the State of'` California, have invented eer-v `tain Improvements on Horse-Rakes, of which thc following is a specification.

The present improvements have reference toa rake on which-Letters Patent were granted to me 23d November, 1869, and Vare of the 'character of'an additional improvement to the invention covered by that patent. I

'lhe drawing forming part of this speciiicationshows a horse-rake with myimprovement.forming a part thereof- Figure l being a top view Figure 2, a View by vertical sectionon the line dotted in iig. 1

Figure 3, aview of a tooth and bar detached from the rake and Figure 4, a View of a bar made of two pieces instead of Vone piece, as shown by the other figures.

The position oi' thel wheels-a, as will be noticed, are placed quite forward oi' the rods or frame holding the tooth-bars.

This position oi' the wheels increases the' space for the hay between the wheels and the teeth of the rake, and thus gives greater capacity to the rake than can exist when the wheels are placed further back or nearer to the teeth of the rake.

The rods-` b, on which the bars ye holding the teeth d hinge, are only one-halt' the width of therake, and have on their inner lends nuts, by which they may tighten-thc pieces filling in between thc bars c, and thnsnot allow too much play of the rake-bars.

In the upper ends of the bars c are two or more holes, e, for adjusting the bar and teeth.

In the straps f, connecting the seat g to the lifting beam h, are several holes i, and also in the end ot' the arms or levers 7' of the seat, which are to regulate the elevation which itis desired to dumpor to raise the teeth from the ground, the outer holes rising higher than is necessary `for ordinary raking, but to be used in cooking or bnnching hay after vbeing windrowed.

The' position =of the seat g on the forward end of the levers y' allows the weight of the driver .to act in raising the rake, which works the rake with great ease, the weight of the driver more than balancing' the rake, and when filled with hay a slight pull down on the hand-lever k in front of the seat 'easily dumps the rake, (the hand-lever being thrown forward and a gentle push up drops the teeth to the ground, bringing the rollers Z in the hand-lever under the points of `the irons m connected to the seat, and the hand-lever being drawn back to the seat raises the seat and forces down the lifting beam h under the bars, allowing the latter to drop down on uneven ground and preventing the mans weigit from raising the rake until filled, the hand-lever being changeable up and down.

The drivers seat g may be narrowed toward the center to an ordinary-sized seat, it' desirable.

The spring-bari@ running across on top of the rakebars, held by springs o and thumb-nut 11, is designed more especially' for cooking or bunching hay after being windrowed, holding the'bars down .and forcing the hay in front; but may be used in raking any ordinary ground and do lexcellent word, the springs allowing the bars e and teeth to throw up the spring-bar from six inches to one foot.

On very rough ground the bar n is to be removed by turning up the thumb-nuts and raising the springs.

A bar for holding` the tooth, made up of two pieces, is shown in iig. 4 of the drawing, the bars being connected by bolts.

The rod q, through the top, represents the rod of onehalf of the rake on which the tooth-bars hinge.

This manner of making the bars will allow the use of very light timber for the bars, and yet make them snticiently stro-ng and very cheap.

By fig. 3 is shown a bar, tooth, and shank con'- .nected, but the tooth held inplacc by a spring, r, in-

stead of a set-nnt, which would do very well, holding the tooth firmly up against the beveled or extreme end of the bar, and preventing the tooth from moving when at work.

What I claim as my invention isl. rlhc drivers scat y, provided with irons m, in combi nation with the hand-lever It, arranged to oper'- ate in connection with the bars and teethof the rake, as described. i

2. llhe combination of the spring lr, tooth d, with `bar e and connecting-shank, as set fort-h.

This specification signed this 5th day of September, 1870.I

GLPHA BONN'EY, Jn.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM Moonr, Guo. C. Wannen.. 

